Where does “nokinäätä” come from?

nokinäätä (Finnish) comes from Finnish noki, from Proto-Finnic noki — soot.

nokinäätä (Finnish): Synonym of soopeli

Definitions

  1. Synonym of soopeli

Ancestry of “nokinäätä”, step by step

nokinäätä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish noki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnokisoot; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Proto-Finnicnokisoot

via Finnish näätä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnäätäpine marten; marten
2Proto-Slavicgnědъbrown
Every word from Proto-Finnic noki →Every word from Finnish noki →